Senior Seamanship Engineer

Job Title: Senior Seamanship Engineer

Location: Scotstoun or Bristol, remote – in Glasgow once week each month

We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role

Referral Scheme: £1000

Grade: GG10

You’re expected to have completed 12 months in role prior to applying for an advertised vacancy and you should also discuss the internal opportunity with your line manager to ensure sustained business continuity and to further support your career development.

We know there may be exceptional individual circumstances that impact this, in the first instance please discuss this with your line manager.

If you don’t feel you can talk to your line manager, you can contact your HRBP.

PLEASE NOTE: Should you be invited for interview; you acknowledge that the Recruitment team will contact you and your line manager regarding your application for this opportunity.

What you’ll be doing:

As a Senior Seamanship Engineer, you will play a key role in delivering and integrating critical seamanship systems across a major maritime programme. Working within a fast-paced engineering environment, you'll take ownership of equipment specification, system integration, and design activities, collaborating closely with customers, suppliers, and internal stakeholders to deliver high-quality engineering solutions. This is an opportunity to influence design decisions, drive technical excellence, and contribute directly to programme success.

Core duties:

• Provide technical guidance to Operations on the integration of Seamanship systems.
• Prepare technical equipment specifications and develop designs that comply with applicable standards and requirements; coordinate with suppliers to ensure delivery meets agreed specifications.
• Produce and maintain comprehensive Procurement Pack documentation.
• Liaise with customers and suppliers on engineering matters within assigned areas, ensuring clear communication and timely resolution of issues.

Essential skills:

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced project environment, managing multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Experience progressing complex engineering work packages (PROCPACKs) to a mature and deliverable state.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to coordinate engineering activities and respond to customer, supplier and internal team queries.

River Class Destroyer Naval Architecture Seamanship Team:

Small team of Engineers who work to provide specialist mechanical/marine engineering expertise to organise and co-ordinate significant aspects of engineering activity within the business to ensure defined objectives are achieved whilst continually maintaining quality and cost.

Why BAE Systems?

Here you’ll build a career with purpose and limitless possibilities. With lifelong learning and meaningful work, this is a place where you can grow your career with confidence and be empowered to be your best. You’ll be recognised for your contribution and enjoy rewards tailored to what’s most important to you and your family, support for your financial and personal wellbeing, as well as a balanced lifestyle. In an environment embracing sustainable ways of working and with a strong sense of shared purpose, our supportive culture is a place you can feel you belong and proud of the difference you make.

A place where everyone can thrive:

We’re committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. We know that a diversity of backgrounds, perspectives and experiences strengthens our teams and is vital to the work we do.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people, who are BAE Systems employees and have been in their current role for 12 months or longer.

Please be aware that many roles at BAE Systems are subject to both security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities you may have previously held, and your place of birth can restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation. All applicants must as a minimum achieve Baseline Personnel Security Standard. Many roles also require higher levels of National Security Vetting where applicants must typically have 5 to 10 years of continuous residency in the UK depending on the vetting level required for the role, to allow for meaningful security vetting checks.

Closing Date:15th October 2026, interviews for this role will take place w/c 26th October